Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31017, Silas Fay, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fay, Silas
S 31017
CONTENTS

18. 261
Maine
Silas Jay
of Waldo in the State of Maine who was a pr t Corp d in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the Reg t ; commanded by Col. Ward in the Mass s line for 4 mo for 8 th Corp.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 42 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug t 1832 and payable to Joseph Hale. Camden
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 $85. 32 Pension allowance ending Sept r 21. 33
$106.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 15

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832 ~
State of Maine Waldo County ss
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832- personally appeared before the Hon. Alfred Johnson for Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Silas Fay of Camden in the County of Waldo aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make and subscribe the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832 ~
That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated ~
At Cambridge Mass. in April 1775 he enlisted into the service of the United States for eight months in Captain Samuel Wood's Company of Infantry, Colo. Ward's Regiment & was stationed at said Cambridge until after the battle of Bunker Hill after which he was stationed at Dorchester ~ He served out said eight months under the above named officers & was dismissed at Dorchester in December of 1775 without a written discharge ~
At said Dorchester in December 1775 at the time his first term of service expired, he again at the request of Colo. Ward enlisted under him for one month more & was stationed at said Dorchester to the end of the time when he was dismissed by Col. Ward without a written discharge and returned home ~
The first of September 1777 at Princeton County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Mass. he was drafted for three months to go to Saratoga in the State of New York ~ He marched under the command of Captain Fairbanks and Lieutenant Horton to said Saratoga and served to the end of said three months under said officers & Colo. Cushing & General Gates ~ He was at Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered ~ After the surrender of Burgoyne he marched down the River toward New York and was dismissed at the end of said three months at Tarrytown near N. York without a written discharge the first of December 1777 & returned home ~ The first eight months he served as a Corporal; the remainder of the time he served as a private soldier ~ Nine months

he served as a volunteer three months in the Militia; in the whole twelve months - He was born in Westbury now Northfield in the Commonwealth of Mass. November 1749 & was 82 years old last November - He has no record of his age & knows of none in existence - He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person who can testify as to his services - At the several times he enlisted the service he lived in Princeton Mass. -
Since the Revolution he has lived at said Princeton & at said Camden - He is known to Col. Joseph Hall Post Master in Camden & Thos Hall of Belfast Register of Deeds & County Treasurer for Waldo County who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - The distance from the place of the sitting of the Court to Camden is so great that it is not convenient to get a Clergyman from them to attend -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Alfred Folsom Judge
We Joseph Hall Post Master in Camden & William Parkman Esq. residing in said Camden hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silas Pay who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid & year aforesaid - William Parkman Before me Alfred Folsom Judge Joseph Hall
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Hall & William Parkman both residents of Camden are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit Alfred Folsom Judge of Probate

I Nathaniel M. Lowrey Register of the Courts of Probate for the County of Waltham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Silas Fay for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832.
Nathl. M. Lowrey Register of Probate N.H.

Bangs' certificate does not show that he was a corporal, but a witness declared that

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Silas Fay
8 m'slopcoat 29.33 4 " priv 13.33 42.66
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March 12 1833
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Joseph Hall's Camden
Mr Jarvis

12.057.
BRIEF in the case of Silas Fay County of Waldo in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 82.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 April " 8 " Corporal Gen. Capt. Wood of the Infantry, Col. Ward   — 1775 Decr. " 1 " Private Col. Ward   — 1777 Sept. " 3 " Private Capt. Fairbanks, Lieut. Horton, Col. Cushing, Genl. Gates  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Surrender of Burgoyne —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Princeton, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. March 13. 1833.

I Silas Gay Jr. of Princeton County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman. Aged fifty five years do testify and say, that Silas Gay of Camden, County of Lincoln and State of Maine. Formerly resided in said Princeton, and that he removed from said Princeton to said Camden, on or about the month of April in the year 1816; that I resided with the said Silas Gay in said Princeton from the year 1777 to the year 1796; that during my residence with the said Silas Gay as aforesaid and repeatedly since that time, have heard the said Silas Gay say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That he was at Saratoga and that I have often heard him relate the incidents which took place in the Army & campaigns in which he served during during his time or term of service. And I further testify and say that the said Silas Gay was respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided in said Princeton to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and from my own knowledge & recollection I concur in that opinion.
Silas Gay Jr.
State of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss August 27. 1832. Then the above named Silas Gay Jr. made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true before me. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Silas Gay Jr. that he is a credible man & a person of good moral character.
Charles Russell Justice of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial courts, held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Charles Russell Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Silas Frazar, Junior, and the following affidavit of John G. Davis, were made and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twenty ninth day of August, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

I John G. Davis of Princeton, County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts Esquire, do testify and say that for many years I have been intimately acquainted with Silas Gay of Camden, County of Lincoln and State of Maine, that said Gay formerly resided in Princeton aforesaid, that he removed from said Princeton to said Camden where he now resides on or about the first of April in the year 1816, that I resided in the neighborhood of the said Gay when he lived in Princeton as aforesaid, that the said Silas Gay was esteemed and believed in the said neighbor- hood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion; that the said Gay is eighty two years old or thereabout. And I further testify and say that the said Silas Gay has always sustained a good moral character and is a man of strict veracity. — John G. Davis
State of Massachusetts,
Worcester ss. August 27 th 1832. Then the above named
John G. Davis made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true before me, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said John G. Davis, that he is a man of good moral character & veracity.
Charles Russell Justice of Peace.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 31017.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 4, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Silas Fay made an application for pension on August 27, 1832, at which time he was 82 years of age and residing at Camden, Maine, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private and corporal in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wood and Col. Ward. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Lauretta F. Howard, Princeton, Mass.

Affidavit of Darwin Adams in Silas Foy's case

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mr Silas Fay an applicant for a pension, now residing in this town that I believe him to be eighty three years of age & to have been a soldier of the Revolution
Mr Fay retains a good character & implicit full reliance may be placed in his statement.
Darwin Adams
Camden June 10th 1833.
State of Maine Waldo county ss. June 10th 1833
Personally appeared Darwin Adams minister or rather clergyman of the First Congregational Parish in the town of Camden in said County of Waldo, a gentleman whose declaration under oath are entitled to full credit, & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit or certificate by him subscribed.
Before me Charles H. Porter, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Waldo county ss
I Nathaniel M. Lowney Register of the court of Probate for the county aforesaid certify that Charles H. Porter is a Magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that the declaration of said Silas Fay to which this is attached was made in open Court on the 27th day of August 1832.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 18th. day of June 1833.
Nathaniel M. Lowney Register of Probate

I Reuben Babcock of Northboro' in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say that in the war of the Revolution I served nine months & eleven days with Silas Fay again of Northboro' in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts; said Fay volunteered in the minute company in Northboro' commanded by capt. Saml. Wood, Timothy Brigham was first Lieut. & Thos. Sever 2 d Lieut. & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward & Lieut. Col. Edward Barnes, I further testify & say that the said Fay marched from Northboro' on the 19 th day of April 1775 to Cambridge & stationed there till the month of July following & then removed to Dorchester where he continued till the first day of February 1776, was with him all of said time & part of said time I served with him, & I further testify & say that the said Fay was the 3 d corporal in said company
Reuben Babcock
Worcester, August 23 d 1832. Reuben Babcock the signer of the above certificate made oath that the same is true
Before me Nath o Davenport, jus. of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the county of Worcester, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Davenport, Esquire, before whom the above affidavit was made and sworn to, is a justice of the Peace within and for the county of Worcester,

and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twenty ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
I, Reuben Babcock of Northborough aged seventy eight years do testify and say that the deposition sworn to by me upon the other side of this paper is true in all its parts.
Reuben Babcock
Worcester ss. April 15, 1833 Then the above named Reuben Babcock personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Martin L. Stow
Judge of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named Reuben Babcock is entitled to full credit, & that his character stands fair for truth and veracity.
Martin L. Stow
Judge of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Martin L. Stow, Esquire before whom the above additional affidavit was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester, and that his name subscribed to the above certificate appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 27, 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Silas Fay is found on a Muster-Roll of Capt. Samuel Wood's Company, in Colonel Ward's Regiment, - having entered said Company April 26, 1775, - where he is allowed, for service and travel, three months and thirteen days. - m. d. 3..13
Silas Fay's name is borne also on a Muster-Roll of Lieut. Amos Fairbank, in Colonel Job Cushing's Regiment, drafted to join the Continental Army at the Northward. - He marched Sept. 8, 1777, and was discharged Nov. 29, 1777, - and is allowed, for service and travel, three months and five days. - 3..5
Edward D. Bangs Secy
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It is proper to state, as a reason for the deficiency of time between August 1, 1775, and December of the same year, — that about August or September, 1775, the Massachusetts line was so far broken up  suffered as to be thenceforward incorporated with the United States troops. — Therefore, although the service may have been performed, it must be accounted for at Washington, where the rolls may possibly be found, — and not from the rolls of the Massachusetts militia, in this Office.
This information is afforded by a gentleman now present, who is deputized as Clerk of the Pension Office at Washington, — and who is now examining our rolls, as he has already those of New-York and Connecticut, with a view to facilitate their decisions on some points.
It will be seen that the additional service for 1777 is here furnished. — This would have appeared in the former Certificate, had the suitable directions, respecting Captain Fairbanks' Company been forwarded which are now sent.
As from the above it is evident no blame or lack of attention is chargeable to those who filled the first Certificate, — they have thought it not extravagant to demand and receive one dollar for the additional trouble in the case.
May 25 th 1833.
P.S. — E. D. Bangs, Esq. requires no fee for signing, but allows those who search the rolls and fill the Certificates to receive pay for their services, which has been uniformly $2. 00

Hon Lewis. Cap Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Carson June 12. 1838 (County of Waldo State of Maine)
Sir
Herewith you will receive the papers asking for a pension for Mr Silas Hay of this town together with such additional testimony as was asked for in the brief returned with the same Also a certificate from the Secretary of Mass & Co. as to the pay roll found in his office - It will be perceived by Mr Babcock's deft that Mr Hay was in the service at Cambridge and Dorchester making nine months and eleven days and the certificate from the Secy of Mass & Co. states that he was paid only for three months & thirteen days - The reason the Secy of Mass & Co. assigns for not paying the whole time is assigned by him on an other paper which was sent me with the certificate and I found the same with Mr Hays papers & it is marked A - you also state in a letter to me dated March 14th 1838. and like same later accompanied Mr Hays papers & the brief return that "In addition to these it is not stated with sufficient definiteness that the declaration was made in open court as is imperiously required by the regulation (regulation)" In answer to the last objection I can only state that the Clerk Mr Loring examined the same and says it is in common form - I trust the papers would be  are now sufficiently authenticated and that Mr Hay will receive his pension certificate
I am Respectfully yr M Secy Joseph Hall
Hon Lewis Cols Secy of War Washington D.C.

31 017 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,017
Silas Jay Coupl Rev Mar
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 4'98 Miss L. J. Howard Princeton
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir. I desire information respecting the Revolutionary service of my ancestor Silas Fay , who probably enlisted from Northboro Mass.
He received a pension and lived in Waldo or Lincoln Co. Maine - probably at time of death, the date of which I very much wish to learn -
If this information can be furnished me I shall appreciate it - Respectfully Yours -
Louretta F. Howard
FEB 15 1898
2. Princeton Feb. 11/1898. Worcester Co Massachusetts